This article has also been published on IKEA Social Entrepreneurship. Since the program has been in action, 3 additional enterprises were selected, and the portfolio is now made up of 15 social enterprises.
NESsT and IKEA Social Entrepreneurship have joined forces in a three-year partnership to support 12 social enterprises working across Chile, Colombia, Peru and Brazil.
With the ambition of improving the lives of 1,500 marginalized and excluded people across the region, this co-created and tailor-made accelerator programme has been designed alongside IKEA regional representatives (IKSO - IKEA Chile, Colombia, Peru & Inter IKEA in Brazil). It will provide social enterprises hands-on guidance from IKEA co-workers and NESsT advisors to support the social entrepreneurs with their business scale up plans.
Latin America Accelerator
2020 - 2021
Beginning in spring of 2020, this three-year accelerator will support 12 selected social entrepreneurs who are looking to scale their businesses but need specific advice on how to do so.
Social Enterprises
Three social enterprises have already joined the programme and received mentoring and business assistance to allow them to adjust their businesses due to COVID-19 and to get them on a solid footing for growth in 2021.
